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The title-deciding match between [[Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya]] and [[Al-Haris Al-Maliki]] was played on 16 April 1949 at 16:00 [[UTC+03:00]] at Al-Kashafa Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|title=League deciding match on Saturday|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19490414-01.1.4|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=14 April 1949}}</ref> Al-Haris Al-Maliki needed to win outright in order to overtake their opponents and win the title, but the game ended 3–3 and therefore Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya were crowned inaugural league champions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Military College win Iraq Times Cup|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19490421-01.1.4|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=21 April 1949}}</ref>
The title-deciding match between [[Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya]] and [[Al-Haris Al-Maliki]] was played on 16 April 1949 at 16:00 [[UTC+03:00]] at Al-Kashafa Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|title=League deciding match on Saturday|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19490414-01.1.4|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=14 April 1949}}</ref> Al-Haris Al-Maliki needed to win outright in order to overtake their opponents and win the title, but the game ended 3–3 and therefore Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya were crowned inaugural league champions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Military College win Iraq Times Cup|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19490421-01.1.4|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=21 April 1949}}</ref>


==League table from known results==
==Overview==
The following is not the final league table, but is the most recent league table published by The Iraq Times newspaper as at 11 December 1948, with the added inclusion of the four known results that took place after this date.<ref>{{cite web|title="Incidents" prompt League Committee inquiry|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19481211-01.1.8|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=11 December 1948}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
!'''Team'''<ref>{{cite web|title="Incidents" prompt League Committee inquiry|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19481211-01.1.8|publisher=The Iraq Times|date=11 December 1948}}</ref>||'''Result'''
|show_limit=5
|-
|res_col_header=QR
|style="text-align: left"|[[Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya]]||bgcolor=gold|Champions
|winpoints=2
|-
|use_goal_average=yes
|style="text-align: left"|[[Al-Haris Al-Maliki]]||bgcolor=silver|Runners-up

|-
|team1=KUL|name_KUL=[[Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya|Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya]]
|style="text-align: left"|Al-Ahli
|team2=HAR|name_HAR=[[Al-Haris Al-Maliki]]
|-
|team3=AHL|name_AHL=Al-Ahli
|style="text-align: left"|Wizarat Al-Maarif
|team4=ITT|name_ITT=Ittihad Al-Karkh
|-
|team5=MLK|name_MLK=Al-Maliki
|style="text-align: left"|Casuals
|team6=SHR|name_SHR=[[Al-Shorta SC|Montakhab Al-Shorta]]
|-
|team7=WIZ|name_WIZ=Wizarat Al-Maarif
|style="text-align: left"|Ittihad Al-Karkh
|team8=CAS|name_CAS=Casuals
|-
|team9=KHQ|name_KHQ=Kuliya Al-Huqooq
|style="text-align: left"|Al-Maliki||bgcolor=FFBBBB rowspan=3|Relegated
|win_KUL=5|draw_KUL=1|loss_KUL=0|gf_KUL=27|ga_KUL=4
|-
|win_HAR=4|draw_HAR=1|loss_HAR=0|gf_HAR=21|ga_HAR=5
|style="text-align: left"|[[Al-Shorta SC|Montakhab Al-Shorta]]
|win_AHL=3|draw_AHL=1|loss_AHL=0|gf_AHL=16|ga_AHL=3
|-
|win_ITT=3|draw_ITT=0|loss_ITT=3|gf_ITT=13|ga_ITT=13
|style="text-align: left"|Kuliya Al-Huqooq ''(withdrew)''
|win_MLK=2|draw_MLK=1|loss_MLK=1|gf_MLK=6|ga_MLK=4
|}
|win_SHR=1|draw_SHR=0|loss_SHR=4|gf_SHR=6|ga_SHR=23
|win_WIZ=0|draw_WIZ=0|loss_WIZ=2|gf_WIZ=1|ga_WIZ=4
|win_CAS=0|draw_CAS=0|loss_CAS=6|gf_CAS=6|ga_CAS=28
|win_KHQ=0|draw_KHQ=0|loss_KHQ=2|gf_KHQ=0|ga_KHQ=12

|col_LC=#FFFF00|text_LC=League Champions
|result1=LC
|col_R=#FFBBBB|text_R=Relegated to Iraq FA Baghdad Second Division
|result5=R |result6=R |result9=R
|update=complete|source=[https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/iraq19500210-01.1.4 The Iraq Times]
}}</onlyinclude>

<small>'''Note:''' [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya|Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya]] decided not to field a team for the season,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mubarak|first1=Hassanin|title=Birth of the Lions of Mesopotamia: The early years of football in Iraq|year=2020|isbn=979-8670555623}}</ref> after failing to get together a team for the opening weekend of the season due to unforeseen circumstances.<ref name="start"/></small>
<small>'''Note:''' [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya|Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya]] decided not to field a team for the season,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mubarak|first1=Hassanin|title=Birth of the Lions of Mesopotamia: The early years of football in Iraq|year=2020|isbn=979-8670555623}}</ref> after failing to get together a team for the opening weekend of the season due to unforeseen circumstances.<ref name="start"/></small>

==Known results==
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey
|team1=AHL|team2=HAR|team3=KUL|team4=MLK|team5=CAS|team6=ITT|team7=KHQ|team8=SHR|team9=WIZ

|name_AHL=Al-Ahli
|match_AHL_HAR=null
|match_AHL_KUL=
|match_AHL_MLK=1–1
|match_AHL_CAS=null
|match_AHL_ITT=3–1
|match_AHL_KHQ=null
|match_AHL_SHR=7–0
|match_AHL_WIZ=null

|name_HAR=[[Al-Haris Al-Maliki]]
|match_HAR_AHL=
|match_HAR_KUL=null
|match_HAR_MLK=
|match_HAR_CAS=null
|match_HAR_ITT=null
|match_HAR_KHQ=5–0
|match_HAR_SHR=5–0
|match_HAR_WIZ=null

|name_KUL=[[Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya|Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya]]
|match_KUL_AHL=null
|match_KUL_HAR=3–3
|match_KUL_MLK=1–0
|match_KUL_CAS=7–0
|match_KUL_ITT=null
|match_KUL_KHQ=null
|match_KUL_SHR=5–1
|match_KUL_WIZ=null

|name_MLK=Al-Maliki
|match_MLK_AHL=null
|match_MLK_HAR=null
|match_MLK_KUL=null
|match_MLK_CAS=3–1
|match_MLK_ITT=
|match_MLK_KHQ=null
|match_MLK_SHR=
|match_MLK_WIZ=2–1

|name_CAS=Casuals
|match_CAS_AHL=1–4
|match_CAS_HAR=2–5
|match_CAS_KUL=null
|match_CAS_MLK=null
|match_CAS_ITT=1–5
|match_CAS_KHQ=null
|match_CAS_SHR=1–4
|match_CAS_WIZ=null

|name_ITT=Ittihad Al-Karkh
|match_ITT_AHL=null
|match_ITT_HAR=0–3
|match_ITT_KUL=0–4
|match_ITT_MLK=null
|match_ITT_CAS=null
|match_ITT_KHQ=
|match_ITT_SHR=null
|match_ITT_WIZ=null

|name_KHQ=Kuliya Al-Huqooq
|match_KHQ_AHL=
|match_KHQ_HAR=null
|match_KHQ_KUL=0–7
|match_KHQ_MLK=
|match_KHQ_CAS=
|match_KHQ_ITT=null
|match_KHQ_SHR=null
|match_KHQ_WIZ=null

|name_SHR=[[Al-Shorta SC|Montakhab Al-Shorta]]
|match_SHR_AHL=null
|match_SHR_HAR=null
|match_SHR_KUL=null
|match_SHR_MLK=null
|match_SHR_CAS=null
|match_SHR_ITT=2–5
|match_SHR_KHQ=
|match_SHR_WIZ=

|name_WIZ=Wizarat Al-Maarif
|match_WIZ_AHL=
|match_WIZ_HAR=
|match_WIZ_KUL=
|match_WIZ_MLK=null
|match_WIZ_CAS=
|match_WIZ_ITT=0–2
|match_WIZ_KHQ=
|match_WIZ_SHR=null

|match_HAR_MLK_note=The Al-Haris Al-Maliki–Al-Maliki match was ordered to be replayed after Al-Maliki players left the field in the 79th minute while losing 2–1 in protest at a refereeing decision.

|update=complete
|source=The Iraq Times
}}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:07, 24 December 2021

Iraq Central FA League
Season1948–49
ChampionsAl-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya
(1st title)
RelegatedAl-Maliki
Montakhab Al-Shorta
Kuliya Al-Huqooq

The 1948–49 Iraq FA Baghdad First Division was the first season of the Iraq Central FA League (the top division of football in Baghdad and its neighbouring cities from 1948 to 1973). The competition started on 5 November 1948,[1][2] after the fixture list had been drawn up at a meeting between club representatives held at the Al-Maliki club.[3]

The Iraq Central Football Association (IFA) intended to hold the league in a double round-robin format but this was changed to a single round-robin after several games had to be postponed due to rainy weather.[4] The IFA also set a rule that players who had already played for one club in a league game could not play for another team without prior permission from the League Committee, however Montakhab Al-Shorta and Wizarat Al-Maarif were found to have broken this rule.[5]

The title-deciding match between Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya and Al-Haris Al-Maliki was played on 16 April 1949 at 16:00 UTC+03:00 at Al-Kashafa Stadium.[6] Al-Haris Al-Maliki needed to win outright in order to overtake their opponents and win the title, but the game ended 3–3 and therefore Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya were crowned inaugural league champions.[7]

League table from known results

The following is not the final league table, but is the most recent league table published by The Iraq Times newspaper as at 11 December 1948, with the added inclusion of the four known results that took place after this date.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya 6 5 1 0 27 4 6.750 11 League Champions
2 Al-Haris Al-Maliki 5 4 1 0 21 5 4.200 9
3 Al-Ahli 4 3 1 0 16 3 5.333 7
4 Ittihad Al-Karkh 6 3 0 3 13 13 1.000 6
5 Al-Maliki 4 2 1 1 6 4 1.500 5 Relegated to Iraq FA Baghdad Second Division
6 Montakhab Al-Shorta 5 1 0 4 6 23 0.261 2
7 Wizarat Al-Maarif 2 0 0 2 1 4 0.250 0
8 Casuals 6 0 0 6 6 28 0.214 0
9 Kuliya Al-Huqooq 2 0 0 2 0 12 0.000 0 Relegated to Iraq FA Baghdad Second Division
Source: The Iraq Times

Note: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya decided not to field a team for the season,[9] after failing to get together a team for the opening weekend of the season due to unforeseen circumstances.[2]

Known results

Home \ Away AHL HAR KUL MLK CAS ITT KHQ SHR WIZ
Al-Ahli 1–1 3–1 7–0
Al-Haris Al-Maliki –[a] 5–0 5–0
Al-Kuliya Al-Askariya Al-Malikiya 3–3 1–0 7–0 5–1
Al-Maliki 3–1 2–1
Casuals 1–4 2–5 1–5 1–4
Ittihad Al-Karkh 0–3 0–4
Kuliya Al-Huqooq 0–7
Montakhab Al-Shorta 2–5
Wizarat Al-Maarif 0–2
Source: The Iraq Times
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Al-Haris Al-Maliki–Al-Maliki match was ordered to be replayed after Al-Maliki players left the field in the 79th minute while losing 2–1 in protest at a refereeing decision.

References

  1. ^ "Football leagues set up in Iraq's main centres". The Iraq Times. 16 October 1948.
  2. ^ a b "Baghdad Football League is off to enthusiastic start". The Iraq Times. 11 November 1948.
  3. ^ "Baghdad Football League games start on Friday". The Iraq Times. 2 November 1948.
  4. ^ "Baghdad Football League". The Iraq Times. 31 December 1948.
  5. ^ "Baghdad Football League is going "on the air"". The Iraq Times. 2 December 1948.
  6. ^ "League deciding match on Saturday". The Iraq Times. 14 April 1949.
  7. ^ "Military College win Iraq Times Cup". The Iraq Times. 21 April 1949.
  8. ^ ""Incidents" prompt League Committee inquiry". The Iraq Times. 11 December 1948.
  9. ^ Mubarak, Hassanin (2020). Birth of the Lions of Mesopotamia: The early years of football in Iraq. ISBN 979-8670555623.
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